The goal of this thread is to accumulate weightlifting slang and abbreviations to serve as a resource for beginners (or just so that there can be less confusion in general, no need to ask what an acronym stands for) and also to standardize said slang. Certainly I am not the sole authority on this topic, so please chime in with anything I may forget (which may be alot...). Since most of our interaction here is written I'm going to limit it to what you may actually see on the boards.

Sumo implies wide stance. I have never heard of it referring to toes pointed out but I guess you can attach that definition although I know people who sumo deadlift and do not point their toes out so that is a bit contradicting.

Looks like Ryan and Ironman have the acronyms covered. Just a comment on sumo and wide. It's probably because I am club foote, but sumo, to me, is with toes pointed outI point my toes and knees out close to 90 degrees, and with this stance, I feel it is quite easy to drop my trunk down through the hips, getting well below parallel, and keeping the trunk as upright as possible. Back when I did PL (the 70's, LOL) I got a 478 pull in the 148's using this style. No great shakes, but a PR for me.
Tim

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